Aces lose to Sacramento in pitcher's duel

A contest between two of the biggest offenses in the Pacific Coast League resulted in a pitcher's duel Monday night, with the Reno Aces losing, 3-1, to the Sacramento River Cats at Raley Field in Sacramento.

Reno took advantage of Sacramento's second of four errors on the night in the top of the sixth, as Tyler Bortnick reached base on an error by Dan Straily, then was driven home by an RBI single from Matt Davidson.

A sacrifice fly and RBI single in the bottom of the frame each pushed across a run for Sacramento, extending the River Cats lead to 3-1.

Sacramento committed an error in both the top of the eighth and top of the ninth to allow Reno batters to reach base, but the Aces could not drive them in.

The Aces collected three hits on the night, by Davidson, Tuffy Gosewisch and Mark Teahen. Two walks issued to Brad Snyder ensured the outfielder's consecutive game on base streak for the road to 11 games.

Charles Brewer gave up three earned runs on four hits and was charged with the loss for Reno. He struck out four.

Straily earned his third-straight victory and dealt his second-straight quality start. He gave up one run through six innings. Straily walked five and struck out four. Sacramento's bullpen did not allow a hit through the final three innings of the game.

The series wraps up Tuesday afternoon, as the Aces look to split the series with the River Cats. First pitch is set for 12:05 p.m., Following an off day Wednesday, the Aces return home for an eight-game homestand to face the Fresno Grizzlies and Las Vegas 51's.

Fazekas leads Japanese team to championship series

Former Nevada basketball player Nick Fazekas led the Japanese Basketball League in scoring (21.2 points per game) and was tied for the lead in rebounding (12.3) but fell just short of leading the Toshiba Brave Thunders to the league championship.

The Aishin Sea Horses defeated Toshiba 58-54 on Monday to win the best-of-five series three games to one in the highest level of professional basketball in Japan.

After the game, Fazekas, a 6-foot-11 center, tweeted, "4pts short to win the chip. Ill be back next year. #countonthat"

Toshiba finished third in the regular season with a 28-14 record behind Aishin (34-8) and the Toyota Alvark (32-10).

Fazekas, Nevada's all-time leading scorer, led the Wolf Pack to four consecutive NCAA appearances from 2004-2007, including a run to the Sweet 16 in 2004.

- Staff reports

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Aces lose to Sacramento in pitcher's duel

A contest between two of the biggest offenses in the Pacific Coast League resulted in a pitcher's duel Monday night, with the Reno Aces losing, 3-1, to the Sacramento River Cats at Raley Field in

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